Steam deck to PC remote game transfer

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RabidRapids Dec 28, 2023 @ 5:47pm

I just got BG3 for Christmas and I downloaded it on my steam deck. I now want to use remote game transfer the game to my windows computer so I can mod the game. However despite all my efforts I cannot get the download to transfer from my steam deck.

If it helps I have DeckyLoader installed on my steam deck and the plugins I have are Moondeck, Game Theme Music, CSS loader(Avatar customization suite, better achievements, Better blur, capymenu,centered game text, centered home,clean game view, colored compatibility icons, colored toggles, custom loader, deck store rounded, decky battery, decky download bar, decky sound bar, delly footer, focus highlight color, footer editor, fullscreen home, game cover reflections, game header text stroke, gradient top stroke, library move extra info, material you, mini carousel, minimal lock screen, no home edge fade, no home filter,no home game glow, no home text, obsidian, round, show instal status, stylish footer, tilted home, top bar transparency, volume tweaker), playtime, animation changer, audio loader, controller tools, HLTB for deck, protonDB badges, steam gridDB and web browser.

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cSg|mc-Hotsauce Dec 28, 2023 @ 5:55pm

Originally posted by RabidRapids:
Steam deck to PC remote game transfer

I just got BG3 for Christmas and I downloaded it on my steam deck. I now want to use remote game transfer the game to my windows computer so I can mod the game. However despite all my efforts I cannot get the download to transfer from my steam deck.

Local Transfers weren't set up to go from Deck to PC.

Requirements

Any Steam client or Steam Deck can receive game content from another client on their LAN, but there are a few conditions that have to be met before the local transfer can take place.
Only a PC running in Steam desktop mode can host a network transfer. Steam Decks, PCs in Big Picture mode, and custom launchers can't transfer their files out over the local network.

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/46BD-6BA8-B012-CE43

Last edited by cSg|mc-Hotsauce; Dec 28, 2023 @ 5:56pm

RabidRapids Dec 29, 2023 @ 3:16pm

They have updated the post

Originally posted by steam:
A Steam Deck, or a PC running in Steam desktop mode can host network transfers. PCs in Big Picture mode, and custom launchers can't transfer their files out over the local network.

cSg|mc-Hotsauce Dec 29, 2023 @ 3:24pm

Originally posted by RabidRapids:
They have updated the post
Originally posted by steam:
A Steam Deck, or a PC running in Steam desktop mode can host network transfers. PCs in Big Picture mode, and custom launchers can't transfer their files out over the local network.

That was rather unexpected and quick for Valve.

Nice.

Kargor Dec 29, 2023 @ 4:06pm

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:
Originally posted by RabidRapids:
They have updated the post

That was rather unexpected and quick for Valve.

Nice.

Still, they somehow managed to make a piece of functionality that has nothing to do with UI depend on whether you are running your Steam client in big picture mode or not...

cSg|mc-Hotsauce Dec 29, 2023 @ 4:18pm

Originally posted by Kargor:
Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

That was rather unexpected and quick for Valve.

Nice.

Still, they somehow managed to make a piece of functionality that has nothing to do with UI depend on whether you are running your Steam client in big picture mode or not...

Not saying it's not dumb.

Last edited by cSg|mc-Hotsauce; Dec 29, 2023 @ 4:18pm

RabidRapids Dec 29, 2023 @ 5:24pm

It wasn’t quick the first replies must’ve just got their information from an outdated source.

RabidRapids Dec 29, 2023 @ 5:25pm

Also if anyone has ideas on how to transfer the game that would be extremely helpful

rawWwRrr Dec 29, 2023 @ 5:39pm

I'll go out on a limb and say it's because you're using Decky Loader is interfering with it.

cSg|mc-Hotsauce Dec 29, 2023 @ 5:39pm

Originally posted by RabidRapids:
It wasn’t quick the first replies must’ve just got their information from an outdated source.

It was just over a month old in my post history as seen by the archive of the faq page...

https://web.archive.org/web/20231116200859/https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/46BD-6BA8-B012-CE43

Originally posted by RabidRapids:
Also if anyone has ideas on how to transfer the game that would be extremely helpful

Go into desktop mode on the Deck first and try again.

RabidRapids Dec 30, 2023 @ 11:57am

Ok I’ll try that and thank you for your information. I have a lot of stuff on deckyloader set up how I want it so I will try uninstalling it but only as a last resort

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RabidRapids Dec 30, 2023 @ 12:42pm

I just tried going into steam deck desktop mode and transferring the game that way but it didn’t work. I went to the downloads section on both devices and I didn’t see anything telling me it was remote downloading, the only thing I have running on both are steam

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RabidRapids Dec 30, 2023 @ 12:44pm

I just tried downloading a game from my pc to my steam deck and that worked so I don’t see what the issue is with it going from steam deck to pc

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RabidRapids Dec 30, 2023 @ 1:31pm

I GOT IT WORKING!!!!! Note: For anyone that stumbles upon this and is having the same problem, you must have your steam deck in desktop mode with nothing running and have it be plugged in

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